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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, October 14, 2019 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 15 of 16 <br /> <br /> <br />Johnson stated any time the City sells an asset, the money should be dedicated towards something, and <br />that he would be okay with putting it into the Park Fund. <br />Walsh noted the City Council has to approve any funds that come out of the Park Fund so they will have <br />some say in how the money is spent. The City might also want to look at improving lake accesses at <br />some point. <br /> <br />Rief stated park capital improvement items get spent out of the Park Fund and that currently there is no <br />designated improvements related to any new accesses and that they are all related to current park <br />accesses. If the City Council is interested in designating money toward lake access improvements, <br />perhaps a joint meeting with the Park Commission would be beneficial. <br /> <br />Sesals noted the City has a line item budget for the golf course and perhaps they could do the same thing <br />for Lurton Park. <br /> <br />Rief stated that was one thing that was discussed at the Park Commission work session. The City <br />currently does not track expenditures on a per park basis since it is hard to capture that because a lot of it <br />is related to maintenance. <br /> <br />Seals stated she is thinking more of the parks that bring in money for services, such as the dog park. <br /> <br />Rief stated Lurton Park brings in around 90 percent of the 100 percent they need, but that he can give an <br />exact number. <br /> <br />Seals stated when she was over at the Police Department last week, she heard some of the officers were at <br />Lurton Park because it was the impression that they never check for permits. If the City is going to <br />dedicate money towards improvements and maintenance, they need to understand the costs. <br /> <br />Walsh commented Staff could perhaps come up with some ballparks. <br /> <br />Rief stated the revenue part is easy to figure out but that allocating the maintenance expenses would be <br />more difficult. <br /> <br />Seals stated in her view the revenue from Lurton should go right back into the park and not into the <br />General Fund. <br /> <br />Rief stated the permit fees go into the General Fund and that they can track the expenses related to that <br />park. Rief stated he will discuss that with Adam and br <br />ing back some options. The City does not know the exact operational costs of the park. In addition, there <br />has been some vandalism at the park. <br /> <br />Rief stated he will bring that item back before the City Council after Staff has had a chance to discuss it. <br /> <br />Seals moved, Crosby seconded, to direct Staff to deposit the Lurton Dog Park permit fees directly <br />into the Parks budget for reinvestment into Lurton Dog Park. <br /> <br />Rief noted that will cause an amendment to the budget and that they will bring it forward at the final <br />budget meeting.